Friday, May 27, 2022

Construction unearths ancient Mayan ruins on Yucatan Peninsula

Ruins of a Mayan site known as Xiol, unearthed in Kanasin, Mexico

Archeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ancient-mayan-city-ruins-discovered-mexico-1.6468782?cmp=rss

Humpback whale freed from illegal fishing net off Spain dies a week later

SPAIN-WHALE/

A 14-metre long humpback whale freed from entanglement in an illegal drift fishing net off the island of Mallorca has died on another Spanish beach more than 300 kilometres away.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/whale-illegal-fishing-net-spain-dead-1.6468460?cmp=rss

Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode keyboardist, dead at 60

Obit Andy Fletcher

Andy Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who for more than 40 years added his synth sounds to Depeche Mode hits like Just Can't Get Enough and Personal Jesus, has died at age 60.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/fletcher-depeche-mode-obit-1.6467855?cmp=rss

Amber Heard ends her testimony at libel trial

Amber Heard

Amber Heard told jurors at her libel trial Thursday that a harassment campaign waged against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life due to multiple death threats.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/amber-heard-ends-testimony-1.6466741?cmp=rss

Ray Liotta, Goodfellas and Field of Dreams star, dead at 67

Obit Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in Goodfellas and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams, has died. He was 67.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ray-liotta-obit-1.6466802?cmp=rss